Philadelphia Eagles Lineman Leaves Practice In An Ambulance After Having Convulsions

Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Jeff McLane was at the practice and tweeted updates of the situation.

McLane says that Patterson collapsed while walking down the field with his fellow linemen and started convulsing. An ambulance was called, and Patterson (who moving his extremities) was hooked up to an IV and taken away by paramedics.

Practice continued, but his fellow teammates were visibly upset.

There's no way to know for sure if Patterson's problem is heat related, but it's 81 degrees today in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where the Eagles training camp is. That's definitely hot, but not outrageous given the conditions that football players are often forced to train in during the traditional summer two-a-days.